US 12,290,678 B2
Imaging markers for stimulator leads
Jiashu Li, Mounds View, MN (US); Patrick Helm, Milton, MA (US); Sean P. Skubitz, Forest Lake, MN (US); and Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Plymouth, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,277.
Application 17/734,277 is a continuation of application No. 16/648,466, granted, now 11,318,297, previously published as PCT/US2018/045995, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Application 16/648,466 is a continuation of application No. 15/711,462, filed on Sep. 21, 2017, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257929 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0534 (2013.01) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61N 1/086 (2017.08); A61N 1/36082 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve for a medical lead, the sleeve comprising: a tubular body having a first open end and a second open end, a tubular wall extending between the first and second ends and defining a hollow center, and a longitudinal axis extending through the hollow center; and a first pocket disposed in the tubular wall and having a curved transverse cross section and a first access opening at the first open end of the tubular body, the first pocket being sized to receive an imaging marker.